The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-30
KENTUCKY VENDETTA.
he shsriTaai Pssss KIM tie D.spsrasses whe
Have Tsrrorised Rswan Couaty, ~, and
Killed Twenty.ona PEOPLE,

he sheriraal Pssss KIN The Ds.psrassss whs
Have Tsrrorised Rowan Cosaty, w., and
Killed Tweaty.oas People.
A dispatch from Louisville, Ky, gives
the outlines Of vendetta outrages, such as
arc unknown in other sections, but are
quite in keeping on the dark and bloody"
after heated election contest; ;, Cook
Humphreys was elected sheriff OF Rowan
county by AZ majority over Sam
tiel Goodwin. During the canvass many
amin osities were engendered, the Martins
hllyihg themselves with the Humphreys
hnd the Tallivers with the Goodwins.
Craig Talliver, the leader Of tho latter fac.
ton swore after the election that Hum:
phreys should never ride Rowan county al
sheriff: Since that date life after life has
been offered on the alter ofhatred and bad
blood with increasing frequency despite the
best efforts OF the judiciary and militia,
backed by the strong arm Of the state gov
ernment. The names Of the victims In tho
order killed are as follows:
Solomon Bradley, John Martin. White
Pelirey, B: Caudelle, Deputy Sheriff Baum
gardner. Mason Keeton. John Marlow.
s s@n1 D"ys %s %te d'; W. ri.o"d
Ben Rayburn. John Day. Floyd
Tolliver q party whose name IL not re-.
lDembered, besides the two recent victims
John b. Logan and w. H. Logan, and
Craig Tolliver, Bud Tolliver, Jay Tolliver
and Hiram Cooper.
The fight was at Moorhead between a
sheriff's posse and the Tolliver gang. Sheriff
Hog, presumably acting under instruc.
tions from the state authorities, has been
for q week organizing a posse for the
purpose Of arresting Craig Tolliver. Toll.
ma voN in in,u ~ nj
his party, consisting OF about ten men,
were quite vigilant, and went heavily
armed. The sheriff finally decided to at-
tempt the arrest Of the assarsins Wednes-
day, June 20, in the day time, and
to prevent any women, children or
tnoffensivo citizens from being killed
by accident ut an early hour this
morning people living on the line of the
railroad within two or three miles of More
head on each side OF the town were notified
to stop all trains and inform the conduct
ors what was going on in the forehead, so
that the passengers and train Uen would
not be placed In danger.
Sheriff Hogs band OF reso1ute men, mum.
bering probably more than two hundred,
suddenly appeared at Morehcad about 8
o'clock this evening. ACCORDION was first es.
tablished around the entire town in tho
brush, where the men could not be seen.
The sheriff then entered the town at tho
head Of about one hundred well-armed
Immediately reiterated to the Cot
taCe hotel. which they had prev
iously barricaded in such manner
as to make it quite a formidable fortifi-
cation. Sheriff Hogg thon notified Tolliver
that he had warrants for the arrest OF all
the men implicated in the killing of the
Logan boys and asked that they all sub
NIT peaceably to arrest. Tolliver's reply
wa, was that ,,,, neither S he nor his
that hundred men could not
take them. His party then opened fire on
the sheriff posse. The fighting was kept up
probably for two hours. Tho only casualty
for time was a flesh wound received 10y
one OF the sheriffs posse. The besieged
party finally finding things growing too
warm concluded to make Il bold rush
for liberty. As they made the
rush they were met by tremendous vol.
Icy which killed Craig Tolliver, Bud Tolli-
ver, Jay Tolliver and Hiram Cooper. They
were ali shot through the heart and died
instantly. Craig ToIlivcr seemed to have
been II general target, AZ he was so thor
oughly riddled as to be scarcely recogniz-
able. The others CT the gang got through
safely but as they approached the brush
they were met by volley from tho out
side Gordon, consisting Of limo OF men
stationed ten or twelve feet apart all
around the town. This volley wounded
Cate Tclliver, a twelveyear-old boy, and
Cate Tolliver, who crawled into tho brush
and escaped. This brought the battle to
an end, and the slain were gathered up
and laid out on the street, where they
were viewed by the people and the passen.
gers from the train.